Arsenal vs Leicester City Preview: Match Facts, Statistics & All You Need To Know

Leicester is 1st on the EPL table while Arsenal is on 3rd with the gunners trailing the foxes with 5 points below. Both teams have advantages but statistics prove that it might be though for Wenger's men in a must win encounter.

On the last 11 occasions that Arsenal have faced a team that was top of the Premier League, they have won just once (D4 L6) and scored only four goals (conceding 18).

Alexis Sanchez has scored four goals in his three Barclays Premier League games against Leicester City.


Theo Walcott has scored in both of his Premier League appearances against Leicester City.

The Gunners have won 12 and lost none of the last 18 Premier League matches against the Foxes.

Arsenal have won their last eight home Premier League meetings with Leicester City.

Three of the four players to have had a hand in 20+ goals in the Premier League this season will play in this match – Riyad Mahrez (24), Jamie Vardy (21) and Mesut Ozil (20).

Only Barcelona (10) have won more penalties in the top five European Leagues this season than Leicester City (9).

Only WBA (21.7%) have played a higher proportion of their passes long than Leicester City (20.9%) in the Premier League this season, while Arsenal have played the lowest proportion long (9.3%).

The Gunners have scored a league-low 32.1% of their clear-cut chances in the Premier League in 2015-16.

Leicester City have named an unchanged starting XI in their last five Premier League games; the last team to name the same starting XI in six successive PL matches was Arsenal in May 2015.